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Best OpenELB Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 apps from load balancing software ranked against OpenELB on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    VMware Workstation Pro Free plan Linuxself-hostedWin Free6.5
    OpenELB vs VMware Workstation Pro
  2. 2
    AWS Elastic Load Balancing Free plan apiWeb Free6.4
    OpenELB vs AWS Elastic Load Balancing
  3. 3
    HAProxy Community Edition Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.3
    OpenELB vs HAProxy Community Edition
  4. 4
    MetalLB Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.3
    OpenELB vs MetalLB
  5. 5
    F5 BIG-IP APM Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 5.4
    OpenELB vs F5 BIG-IP APM
  6. 7
    Hetzner Cloud Volumes Web 5.3
    OpenELB vs Hetzner Cloud Volumes
  7. 8
    kube-vip Linuxself-hosted 5.3
    OpenELB vs kube-vip
  8. 9
    PureLB Linuxself-hosted 5.3
    OpenELB vs PureLB
  9. 10
    Array APV WebLinux 5.2
    OpenELB vs Array APV
  10. 11
    VMware Cloud Foundation Operations Web 5.2
    OpenELB vs VMware Cloud Foundation Operations
  11. 12
    FortiADC 5.1
    OpenELB vs FortiADC
  12. 13
    IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) Win 5.1
    OpenELB vs IIS Application Request Routing (ARR)
  13. 14
    Linux Virtual Server Linux 5.1
    OpenELB vs Linux Virtual Server
  14. 15
    Loadbalancer.org Enterprise Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.1
    OpenELB vs Loadbalancer.org Enterprise
  15. 16
    Progress Kemp LoadMaster Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin 5.1
    OpenELB vs Progress Kemp LoadMaster
  16. 17
    Radware Alteon apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.1
    OpenELB vs Radware Alteon
  17. 18
    Vultr Block Storage apiLinuxWebWin $0.03/mo5.1
    OpenELB vs Vultr Block Storage
  18. 19
    Citrix ADC (now NetScaler) apiLinuxself-hosted 5.0
    OpenELB vs Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)
  19. 20
    HAProxy Enterprise apiLinuxself-hosted 5.0
    OpenELB vs HAProxy Enterprise
  20. 21
    A10 Thunder ADC Free trial apiLinuxself-hosted 4.9
    OpenELB vs A10 Thunder ADC

OpenELB alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1VMware Workstation Pro6.5Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Windows
2AWS Elastic Load Balancing6.4Free planFreeAPI, Web
3HAProxy Community Edition6.3Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
4MetalLB6.3Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
5F5 BIG-IP APM5.4No—Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7Hetzner Cloud Volumes5.3No—Web
8kube-vip5.3No—Linux, self-hosted
9PureLB5.3No—Linux, self-hosted
10Array APV5.2No—Web, Linux
11VMware Cloud Foundation Operations5.2No—Web
12FortiADC5.1No——
13IIS Application Request Routing (ARR)5.1No—Windows
14Linux Virtual Server5.1No—Linux
15Loadbalancer.org Enterprise5.1No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
16Progress Kemp LoadMaster5.1No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
17Radware Alteon5.1No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
18Vultr Block Storage5.1No$0.03/moAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
19Citrix ADC (now NetScaler)5.0No—API, Linux, self-hosted
20HAProxy Enterprise5.0No—API, Linux, self-hosted
21A10 Thunder ADC4.9No—API, Linux, self-hosted
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Questions about OpenELB alternatives

What is the best alternative to OpenELB?

VMware Workstation Pro, number 1 in load balancing software with a score of 6.5 out of 10. The others here: AWS Elastic Load Balancing, HAProxy Community Edition, MetalLB and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to OpenELB?

VMware Workstation Pro is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 4 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.